19 CFR 142.17 – One entry summary for multiple entries
(a) Requirements. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Center director may permit the filing of one entry summary for merchandise the subject of separate entries if:
Terms Used In 19 CFR 142.17
- Center director: means the person who manages their designated Center and is responsible for certain trade decisions and functions concerning that Center and the importers that are processed by that Center. See 19 CFR 101.1
- Country: means the political entity known as a nation. See 19 CFR 134.1
- Country of origin: means the country of manufacture, production, or growth of any article of foreign origin entering the United States. See 19 CFR 134.1
- Exportation: means a severance of goods from the mass of things belonging to this country with the intention of uniting them to the mass of things belonging to some foreign country. See 19 CFR 101.1
- United States: includes all territories and possessions of the United States, except the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and the island of Guam. See 19 CFR 134.1
(1) The merchandise has the same country of exportation, and the same country of origin,
(2) The merchandise arrives by land, by the same vessel or by the same air carrier,
(3) The merchandise is consigned to the same consignee,
(4) The time between the date of the first entry and the date of the last entry does not exceed 1 week,
(5) The entry summary document is filed within 10 working days from the date of the first entry, and
(6) Each entry is identified separately by entry number on the entry summary.
(b) Merchandise not eligible. One entry summary shall not be used for multiple entries of the following:
(1) Quota-class merchandise,
(2) Prohibited merchandise,
(3) Merchandise subject to restrictions which require processing and documentation more frequently than on a weekly basis,
(4) Merchandise for which liquidation has been withheld, and
(5) Merchandise classifiable under the same Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States subheading number, to the eight-digit level having different rates of duty for which entries or immediate transportation entries have been filed. However, this provision is not applicable in the following circumstances:
(i) Entries. Entries may be consolidated if the time of entry is:
(A) Before the date of change in rate of duty, or
(B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.
(ii) Immediate transportation entries. Immediate transportation entries may be consolidated if the date of acceptance is:
(A) Before the date of change in the rate of duty, or
(B) On or after the date of change in rate of duty.
(c) Entry documentation not in proper form. If an entry summary covering multiple entries refers to entry documentation which is not in proper form, the entry summary and the entry documentation shall be returned for correction.